Preview: 35th Senior Challenge Matches - The Golf Association of Philadelphia

Oct 07, 2024

Preview: 35th Senior Challenge Matches

Team GAP heads to Bidermann Oct. 8

Bidermann Golf Club welcomes the 35th Senior Challenge Matches on Oct. 8.

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The event pits GAP against the Delaware State Golf Association, Maryland State Golf Association and New Jersey State Golf Association. Eight senior golfers (55 years of age or older) represent each organization compete in 18 holes of stroke play. The top six scores count toward the team total.

GAP fell by two strokes to the NJSGA in last year’s edition at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower).

Below is a look at the GAP team.








Ronan Culligan, Saucon Valley Country Club

  • 17th Brewer Cup Champion
  • T3: Pennsylvania Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship





Chris Fieger, Sr. Heidelberg Country Club

  • 54th Senior Amateur Champion
  • Qualified: U.S. Senior Amateur Championship
  • Runner-up, Pennsylvania Golf Association Men’s Senior Match Play
  • T3: Pennsylvania Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship
  • T5: Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play alongside Craig Kliewer






Jeff Frazier, Carlisle Country Club

  • 90th Francis B. Warner Cup Champion
  • 19th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup Champion
  • Senior Silver Cross Award winner
  • Pennsylvania Golf Association Senior Amateur Champion
  • 17th Brewer Cup quarterfinalist
  • T2: 54th Senior Amateur Championship
  • U.S. Senior Amateur Championship (Round of 32)
  • T16: 41st Middle-Amateur Championship presented by NJM Insurance Group







Neil Gordon, Doylestown Country Club

  • 73rd Delaware Senior Amateur Champion
  • Medalist & semifinalist: 17th Brewer Cup
  • 12: 54th Senior Amateur Championship







Mike Moffat, LuLu Country Club

  • 2: Senior Silver Cross Award standings
  • T9: 54th Senior Amateur Championship
  • T4: 90th Francis B. Warner Cup
  • T2: Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup
  • Qualified: U.S. Senior Amateur Championship







Greg Osborne, Overlook Golf Course

  • 19th Super-Senior Amateur Champion
  • Super-Senior Silver Cross Award winner
  • 16th Francis B. Warner Cup Super Senior runner-up
  • T6: 19th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup Super Senior
  • Pennsylvania Golf Association George Dressler Memorial runner-up (Super-Senior Division)








Ken Phillips, Lancaster Country Club

  • 90th Francis B. Warner Cup runner-up
  • 4: Senior Silver Cross Award standings
  • T2: 19th Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup







Paul Rogowicz, Yardley Country Club

  • T2: 54th Senior Amateur Championship
  • 3: Senior Silver Cross Award standings
  • T9: 90th Francis B. Warner Cup

GAP
Celebrating Amateur Golf since 1897, GAP, also known as the Golf Association of Philadelphia, is the oldest regional or state golf association in the United States. It serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. The Association’s 345 Member Clubs and 110,000 individual members are spread across Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland. The GAP’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.  

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